Technology has limitations on what it can accomplish. You do not.

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

In the end an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

We built this company from the customer back, not from the company out.

Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys.

When you forget about your self consciousness for a moment, you forget about your true self, your real you and your true purpose for a moment

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

The wandering photographer sees the same show that everyone else sees. He, however, stops to watch it.

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die.

City's effort to end homelessness among veterans is different than how things used to be in L.A.

Education and knowledge are the power of the minorities in this country

I'm content where I am. I know I am going to be a Cowboy for life.